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in the same river in 1879, when in fifty-three days 

 from June 9 to August 15, 640 fish were caught. 



Mr. Ellis got 269, weighing 6,7141b. ; over 30 lb., 

 fifty-three. 



Mr. Iveson got 216, weighing 5,483 lb. ; over 30 lb., 

 forty- eight. 



Captain Percy got 137, weighing 3,451 lb.; over 

 30 lb., twenty-seven. 



The best day was June 18, when Mr. Ellis caught 

 seventeen fish, weighing 465 lb., of which the individual 

 weights were as follows : 38 lb., 361b., 36 lb., 32 lb., 

 32 lb., 32 lb., 32 lb., 31 lb., 30 lb., 24 lb., 24 lb., 22 lb., 

 22 lb., 21 lb., 21 lb., 20 lb., 20 lb., and on July 11 he 

 caught seventeen, weighing 415 lb. 



Lord Kilcoursie, who was on the staff of Lord 

 Stanley of Preston (now Lord Derby), when Governor- 

 General in 1 89 1 and 1892, has very kindly supplied 

 me with the following graphic account of the scenery 

 and method of fishing. 



' From the mouth of the Cascapedia, in the Bay 

 of Chaleurs, for a distance of about twelve miles, the 

 fishing has been for many years in the hands of an 

 American syndicate, and it is only from that point 

 upwards, for about thirty-five to forty miles, that the 

 Governor-General has the fishing rights. The 

 scenery is simply magnificent, for, although on the 



